Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 162, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Page: 1 of 20
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thecherokeean.
O Vol. 162 ■ No. 27 ■ 20 pgs.
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Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper
WEDNESDAY
August 31, 2011
Rusk, Texas ■ 75 cents
RUSK SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS NEW BUDGET
JACKSONVILLE
ISD board accepts
tax rate of $1.32
By Quinten Boyd
Staff Writer
The Jacksonville School
Board unanimously accepted
a new tax rate of $1.32 dur-
ing their monthly meeting
Monday night.
Two meetings were held—a
pubhc hearing on the new tax
rate and the school board's
monthly meeting. The board
meeting date waspushedback
so trustees could receive an
updated enroll ment count af-
ter the fir st week of school.
The new rate is comprised
of $1.04 for maintenance and
operations and 28 cents for
interest and sinking. The rate
is 19 cents higher than last
year's rate after the passage
of the bond package — a 17.88
percent increase.
"As we saidlast month, this
was written into the language
of the bond package, so this
was expected," said JISD
assistant superintendent of
finances Lindy Finley.
Ms. Finley also presented
the adopted budget for 2011-
See JISD, pg. 6A
REWARD OFFERED FOR STOLEN NEWSPAPER RACK
CHEROKEE COUNTY
County's unemployment
rate holds steady at 9.5%
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See pg. 1-4B
By Quinten Boyd
Staff Writer
Texas added jobs in July, and most of the
unemployment rates in the area dropped
from last month's rate numbers. However,
while many of the area s rales fell, the state
rate rose despite positive job growth.
Cherokee County's unemployment rate
for July remained at 9.5percent, the same as
the rate in June. Cherokee County was one
offour countiesin the area to keep the same
unemployment rate in July as in June.
See UNEMPLOYMENT, pg. 6A
East Texas Unemployment
County Labor Pool
Employed Unemployed Rate
Anderson
21,285
19,108
2,177 10.2
Angelina
39,820
36,446
3,374 8.5
CHEROKEE
20,936
18,937
1,999 9.5
Henderson
36,200
32,850
3,350 9.3
Houston
8,722
7,773
949 10.9
Nacogdoches
32,126
29,602
2,524 7.9
Rusk
25,297
23,309
1,988 7.9
Smith
102,631
94,181
8,450 8.2
Trinity
5,795
5,233
562 9.7
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Cherokeean/Herald
Newspaper will observe
Labor Day
The Cherokeean Herald office,
located at 140 N. Main St. in Rusk,
will be closed on Monday, Sept. 5,
in observance of Labor Day.
News and advertising should
be submitted by Friday, Sept. 2
at 3 p.m.
Opinion poll features
Texas Gov. Rick Perry
A Cherokeean Herald/97.7
FM opinion poll conducted on the
website asks the question:
If the presidential election was
held today, would you vote for
Texas Gov. Rick Perry?
Of the 82 participants, 28
persons said yes, 50 indicated
"no," and four are unsure.
Mandatory water ban
in force for Rusk
The city of Rusk is under
a mandatory ban on outside
watering. City Manager Mike
Murray said Monday morning
that Well No. 3 is down and it
will be several days before it
can be repaired. "We currently
are not experiencing a water
shortage but without the use of
this well, we don't know what
will happen. We are doing this
as precautionary action and
hope our citizens will cooper-
ate and not water outside. All
residents with sprinklersystems
are asked to cut them off for the
present time."
Well No. 3 is located across
from All Star Bar-B-Queon U.S.
Highway 69.
Weather Outlook
CHI
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THURSDAY
isolated t-storms
30% chance of rain
High: 95
Low: 77
CLASSIC HITS RADIO
KWRW - FM and KTLU-AM
Fare causes minor damage
al GoodTime Wood Products
Future droughts
may get worse
Climate change is a 'hot topic'
debated among experts
Firefighters from Rusk and Alto and
the Texas Forestry Service responded
to a sawdust fire Saturday morning at
GoodTime Wood Products Inc. on U.S.
Highway 84 W. in Rusk.
The fire was discovered around 10
a.m.
"The fire was a spontaneous erup-
tion caused by the extreme heat," said
Johnny Williams, GoodTimes owner,
"We didn't- lose any firewood and fire-
men kept the fire contained to the piles
of sawdust. Nothing on our properly
was hurt and all that burned was scrap
wood and the sawdust.
"We had approximately $2 million
worth of lumber stacked nearby but the
firemen kept the fire away. The sawdust
will continue smoldering for about a
week, but there will be less smoke each
day," Mr. Williams said.
"There was no damage to our prop-
erty," he added.
He said he sells the sawdust to Temple-v
Inland in Louisiana to make electricity,
but the loss was very minor.
"Both the Rusk and Alto Fire Depart-
ments did an excellent job. The forestry^,
service was here and they worked hard
in fighting the fire. I appreciate allthey^
did to make sure I he fire was out," Mr.
W illiams said.
INSIDE: 12 volunteer fire departments
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By Kate Galbraith
The Texas Tribune
Texas has endured its worst one-year drought
in recorded history. And the hottest July. As
for August, it's "on pace to break the all-time
temperature record set in July,'' says John
Nielsen-Gammon, the state climatologist.
So, is this the result of climate change?
Scientists hedge, particularly when it comes
to the drought, because they are reluctant to
pin any single weather event on climate change.
They point to La Nina, an intermittent Pacific
Ocean phenomenon that affects storm develop-
ment and movement as the immediate cause of
the drought, because it tends to make winter s in
Texas and nearby slates drier than normal.
"We can't say with certainty whether this
particular drought is in and of itself a product
of climate change," said David Brown, aregional
official with the National Oceanic and Atmo-
spheric Administration. However, he added,
these kinds of droughts will have impacts that
are "even more extreme" in the future, given a
warming and drying regional climate.
Climate change, or global warming, has
recently become a hot topic on the campaign
trail. Most scientists, including Brown, say that
humans are altering the climate by adding heat -
trapijing gases like carbon dioxide and methane
to the atmosphere. Even so. Gov. Rick Perry,
campaigning this month in New Hampshire
for the Republican presidential nomination,
declared himself a "skeptic" that climate change
is the result of human actions.
Drought andhot temperatures seemconsistent
with climate-change forecastsfor Texas. Accord-
See DROUGHT, pg. 6A
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
On 4th day of class, 10,461 students attend
School districts report numbers that are similar to last year's figures
'0 4879 1276
By Gloria Jennings
Staff Writer
East Texas students have
returned to classes for another
year of learning. Public school
students reported on Aug. 22. A
total of 10,261 students reported
for classes that day, which was
an increase of 83 students from
the 10,178 students who attended
the first day on Aug. 26, 2010.
By the fourth day, the difference
between the two years totaled only
five students, an increase from the
10,456 students in 2010 and the
10,461 students in 2011.
Jacksonville, the largest district in
this area, showed a shght gain in the
number of students as compared with
last year. In 2010, 4,797 students
registered for classes compared to
4830 reporting I he first day last week.
We s
Rusk
0,461
Jacksonvi e
Frankston
GRAPHIC: CHEROKEEAN HERALD
By the fourth day, the district had
4,937 Students last year and 4,938
this year.
RusklSD showeda gain of 37 students
overall. On the first day of classes
last year the district registered 2,071
students, Monday, Aug. 22, a total of
2,108 students reported for classes.
On the fourth day last year there were
2,117 students compared to 2,157
students this year, showing a gain of
40 students.
Alto's attendance dropped from 684
students on the first day last year to
670 this year. There were 697 students
on the fourth day last year , compared
to 679 last week.
Wells ISD showed a gain of 10
students for the first day and one
student on the fourth day. A total
of 317 students reported on the first
day in 2010, compared to 327 last
week. On the fourth day, there were
331 students in 2010, compared to 332
students in 2011.
NewSummerfieldfirstdayregistration
totals jumped this year from 477 last
year to 482 Aug. 22. On the fourth day.
See SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, pg. 6A
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Whitehead, Marie. Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 162, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 31, 2011, newspaper, August 31, 2011; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth201615/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.